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ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 93 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 626 | 53.0% | 45.8% |
| FRANK TILLERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 526 | 60.6% | 39.5% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 505 | 59.4% | 61.6% |
| HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 890 | 57.3% | 47.7% |
| LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOWELL | 451 | 63.9% | 43.8% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILOAM SPRINGS | 699 | 61.5% | 39.9% |
Where ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #117 of 461 | #25 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #128 of 465 ▼ 74 | #25 of 39 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #177 of 465 ▼ 69 | #32 of 39 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #60 of 531 | #11 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #16 of 480 | #1 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #138 of 480 | #17 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #405 of 513 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #237 of 311 | #21 of 26 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 626 | 50.2 | 12.5:1 | 53% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 52.8 | 9.6:1 | 58% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 50.2 | 11.2:1 | 53% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 59% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 44.4 | 15.3:1 | 47% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 60% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 47% (290) |
About ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LOWELL, Arkansas, under ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counted 626 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 50% more students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).
District-wide, ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT has 23 schools and 15,688 students.
At ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 54% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Benton County is about 19% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
There are about 12.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 50.2. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 3.5 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 53%. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Benton County.
On the allk12 Grade, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.8% actual, 40.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Looking at the county, Benton County, median household income comes to about $93,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 88, with about 57,071 students.
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 506 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 626 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 14.9:1.
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